Amp for Nautilus 801

Put mono amps Classe CAM-400 or the older Classe CAM-350 on your list.

B&W speakers and Classe amps are great match so much so that the owner of B&W bought Classe. Another benefit to consider these are their weight. They weight around 80 lb each. Very manageble.

I am using Classe CAM-350 with B&W N802.

Ldk

Hi guys
I fully agree with Ldk concerning Classé CAM-400 Monos. I can also imagine to use 2 2200's (bridged) or 1 2200 on heights/mids in combination with a digital high power amp driving the bass. In the second case you will need a dB-regulation (in-built or external).

Has someone tried to drive the 801's bass separately? any experiences?

AK

Hi folks,
Thanks for the very valuable information.I am situated in Pakistan where we dont have much options are available.Shipment of big hefty amps are very expensive also.The choices I mentioned in my first mail were the amps currently available and capable to drive the N 801s.The only classe amp available in my area is DR 5 and DR 25 combo which I think is bit small and old for handling 801s load.Has any body tried Perreaux amps on B&Ws?
regards
AAK

Perreaux

Sounds like mineral water to me.

Andi

Ali:

If the amps you list are the only ones available to you, buy the Levinson, as it is, by far, the highest current amp on your list (it has really big power supplies for a stereo amp and weighs 155 lbs.) that is reasonably young. The Krell monoblocks are even more powerful, but are so old that you should avoid them.

As I explained above, you should really bi-amp N801's, but the 333 is an appropriate amp for N801's.

I otherwise refer to my first post above.